Siege of Alessandria (1799)
| Siege of Alessandria (1799) | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Second Coalition and Suvorov's Italian campaign | |||||||
Plan of the Citadel of Alexandria | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| First French Republic |
Holy Roman Empire Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Gaspard Gardanne | Heinrich von Bellegarde | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,100 men | 11,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 700–900 killed | 400–900 killed | ||||||
The Siege of Alessandria took place between June and July 1799. The republican forces entrenched in the citadel, under the command of General Gardanne, were surrounded by the Austro-Russian forces, under the command of General Bellegarde, and resisted for a month before being forced to surrender. The episode was part of Suvorov's Italian campaign, during the War of the Second Coalition.